Remember Eli throwing all those picks against the Panthers in the playoffs? Where was Burress? JOGGING through his routes. Compare him to the types of players Payton plays with -Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne, who don't take downs off or go through the motions because a game is lost.
Eli has become more of a leader once Tiki Barber retired (again, a self-serving move to announce it during the season), and he will be a better quarterback/leader once the Giants rid themselves of Burress, Strahan (who dangled his immature "holdout" during the entire Giants training camp) and especially Shockey -who could use a lesson in professionalism from players like Jason Witten, Todd Heap and Tony Gonzales -all of whom have done more with less, than Shockey.